About MiCLatest UpdatesConcert ListConcert-ToursPast ConcertsConcert ProducersMusic Sheets Submit a ConcertContact MICWhat Is Film Music?Concert Music based on film musicSoundtrack RadiosLinksPrivacy Notes
Get all concert-info as soon as it's published with our
feed.
02 June 2025 Praha (Prague) (Czech Republic)
The Best of Ennio Morricone
Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague conducted by Martin Šanda - Rudolfinum
Program Info: The Dvořák Hall of the Prague Rudolfinum will come alive on June 2, 2025 with film music from the workshop of world composer-icon Ennio Morricone. Melodies from cult films Once Upon a Time in the West, Good, Bad and Ugly or Professional are performed by the famous Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague conducted by Martin Šanda.
Members of the Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague (BSOP) invite you together with chief conductor Martin Šanda and accompanied by the Bohemian Choir Prague and Good Children into the world of fantastic music that conquered the world through the silver screen. The Best Of Ennio Morricone concert presents the best work of one of the greatest composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The Italian composer Ennio Morricone has made its mark in the film world thanks to the captivating melodies of Once Upon a Time in the West , Once Upon a Time in America , The Good Bad and the Ugly , Incorruptible and many others, which you will not miss during the BSOP concert. Martin Šanda himself has a strong relationship with Morricone's work. Together with John Williams and Hans Zimmer, it represents the absolute pinnacle of film music for him. "In addition, he is one of the pioneers in the use of electronic musical instruments as part of an orchestra. For example, today few people know that the theremin , an electronic musical instrument, was used in the very original filming for the film Once Upon a Time in the West. I and the orchestra would like to get as close as possible to this version, which is why we will also use it in our performance during the concert," explains the chief conductor and founder of BSOP out . Well-known melodies from the films will also be heard Sicily Clan , Sacco and Vanzetti , La Califfa and others.
The concert program also includes the song Chi Mai from the film The Professional . Interestingly, the iconic music from this film, featuring the French great Jean-Paul Belmondo excelled , at the actor's funeral in 2021 was played by the Republican Guard orchestra. She was so important to his career. Concertgoers from The Best Of Ennio Morricone can look forward to 90 minutes of intense musical experience and more than 100 artists on stage, including the Boni Pueri Boys' Choir.
feed.
